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New robotics sets spotted at Zany Brainy
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Sun, 22 Aug 1999 04:01:36 GMT
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This may be old news to those who follow the robotics news groups (I gave
up - too much to follow). The Zany Brainy in Raleigh NC (and presumably most
others) has the new Droid Developers kit ($99.99) and the new Scout set
($149.99). The Scout will be able to communicate with an RCX (they mention
RIS v. 1.5 on the box - no mention of what it is).
Interesting things noted about the Scout:
built in light sensor
2 input ports for touch sensors
2 touch sensors
2 output ports
2 motors
2 clutches (a piece sorely missing from Mindstorms RIS)
I/R communications (may have a better field of view than RCX - its
top/front/center instead of middle/front/center).
BLUE
It mentions that future add on will allow full programming (I suspect it is
fully compatible with the RCX I/R protocol, no idea if the firmware is
replaceable).
Frank
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Zany Brainy sales next month
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| While poking around the other day, I saw a merchandising planning sheet in the Concord, CA Zany Brainy which listed the Aquanaut's Base and the Alien Avenger as being 50% off between 9/24 and 10/3. I did not ask about it.... Nor did I see the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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